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The cute child star grew into a Hollywood bombshell — with grownup problems of her own.

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Yawning gap

Lindsay Lohan's latest release, "The Canyons," is an erotic thriller set in L.A., and while most early reviews have not been kind, one writer compares her to Marlon Brandon in "Last Tango in Paris." "Wow...humbled and feeling so much gratitude," she tweeted in response.

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Two of a kind

Lohan and friend and occasional benefactor Charlie Sheen walk down the red carpet at the premiere of "Scary Movie 5" in Hollywood on April 11, 2013.

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Talking it out

Lohan appears outside the studios where "Late Show With David Letterman" is taped in New York on April 9, 2013. She reminisced with Letterman on the show about her first appearance on his "Late Night," when she was 6.

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Getting mugged

Lohan, in mug shots, through the years: From top, left to right: July 24, 2007, Nov. 15, 2007, July 20, 2010; bottom left to right: Sept. 24, 2010, Oct. 19, 2011 and March 19, 2013.

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Here comes the judge

Lohan and her attorney Mark Heller appeared at an L.A. Superior Court hearing on March 18, 2013 to determine whether she would go back to jail or could avert a trial based on charges that she lied to police over a June 2012 car crash. She accepted a plea deal that sent her to rehab for 90 days.

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Feeling charitable

Lohan attends amFAR's New york Gala on Feb. 6, 2013 in a borrowed $1,750 Theia gown that becomes damaged at some point in the evening, and is returned as a mini-dress.

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New lawyer, same fight

Lohan appears in Los Angeles Suoperior Court with her new attorney Mark Heller, left, for a pretrial hearing, on Jan. 30, 2013, in a case filed over the actress' June 2012 car crash. Lohan faces three misdemeanor charges and a return to jail if convicted in the case or if a judge finds she violated her probation.

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Duck and cover

Lohan covers her face with a coat as she leaves the 10th precinct in New York after being arrested on an assault charge in the early morning of Nov. 29, 2012. Lohan allegedly punched a woman at Club Avenue in the city's Chelsea neighborhood.

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A scarlet Liz

Lohan arrives for a private dinner celebrating the premiere of her Lifetime original movie "Liz & Dick" at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Nov. 20, 2012. Lohan stars in the film as Elizabeth Taylor.

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Oh, the paparazzi

Lohan portrays actress Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime film "Liz & Dick" The TV movie recounts the scandalous and tumultuous romance between Taylor and British actor Richard Burton in the 1960s and '70s.

Lohan arrives for her latest probation hearing in Los Angeles on March 29, 2012. The actress was placed on informal probation for the remainder of her 2011 jewelry theft conviction after Judge Stephanie Sautner found she has completed all of her required community service and psychotherapy sessions for her 2007 DUI conviction and probation violations.

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Another step toward freedom

Lohan leaves the Airport Courthouse after her probation update hearing in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 2012. The actress, 25, received a glowing report from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner and she is one court appearance away from putting her 2007 drunken driving case behind her.

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A quick visit

Lohan leaves the Airport Courthouse after a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles on Jan. 17, 2012. The actress received another positive report and was dismissed by the judge in no time.

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No award, just a party

Lohan arrives at The Weinstein Company's 2012 Golden Globe Awards after party held at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2012.

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Post-Playboy fit

Lohan attends a party hosted by the Weinstein Company and Audi to celebrate awards season at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2012.

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Something to smile about

Lindsay Lohan is seen arriving for and attending a probation progress report hearing in Los Angeles on Dec. 14, 2011. The hearing lasted less than 10 minutes as a judge told the actress she is doing well under her strict new probation routine of counseling and working at the county morgue.

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Confident pose

Lohan is shown on the cover of the January/February 2012 issue of Playboy Magazine in a photo released Dec. 10, 2011. "Sex and sexuality are a part of nature, and I go along with nature," the "Mean Girls" star says of her in-the-buff photos, which are an homage to the late Marilyn Monroe's own iconic Playboy spread. "Knowing yourself and your body is so important because it gives you confidence, and in life, women need confidence."

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Sentenced to 30 days

Lohan, center, arrives for her probation violation hearing at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles on Nov. 2, 2011. Judge Stephanie Sautner formally determined that the actress violated terms of her sentence on a theft charge earlier in 2011 and a 2007 drunken driving charge. Lohan was sentenced to 30 days in jail.

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Cuffed and taken into custody

Lohan is led away in handcuffs after her probation progress report hearing at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles on Oct. 19, 2011. A judge was not happy with the actress after she was terminated by the Downtown Women's Center for repeatedly failing to appear for court-ordered community service.

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Far from perfect

Lohan and her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley appear in court during a probation progress report hearing at Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles on Oct. 19, 2011. "We're dealing with someone on probation," said Holley. "Most people on probation don't always do things perfectly."

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Smile for the cameras

Lohan attends the premiere of the video game "Saints Row: The Third" in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, 2011. The actress caught grief the next day from various celebrity media outlets for what appeared to be a lack of dental hygiene.

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Red, white and boo

Lohan is seen on a photoshoot for designer Philipp Plein at Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio on Lake Como, Italy in September 2011.

Lohan is pictured alongside her attorney during a case review conference in Los Angeles on July 21, 2011. A judge told Lohan she needs to speed up her community service to make sure she meets a deadline to complete 480 hours within a year. Lohan appeared in court to update Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner on the progress of her probation in drunken driving and misdemeanor theft cases.

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Back in court

Lohan arrives in court in Los Angeles on June 23, 2011. While serving a home detention sentence, the actress was ordered back to court on an allegation she violated probation by drinking alcohol.

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No deal

On March 10, 2011, Lindsay Lohan rejected a plea agreement offered by prosecutors that would have meant a guaranteed return to jail for the actress in her jewelry theft case. She'll return to court in April for a preliminary hearing.

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Not staying out of spotlight

Her court adventures aren't keeping Lohan home alone. She joined Jimmy Kimmel live after the Oscars on Feb. 27, 2011 for the comedian's "After the Academy Awards" show on ABC. She appeared in a skit called Hottie Body Humpilates, which mocked exercise infomercials.

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Let's make a deal

Lohan is escorted by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies as she arrives for a hearing at Los Angeles Airport Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Some fashion observers criticized her top for being too low-cut for court.

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Case of the stolen necklace

Lohan was arraigned on a felony count of grand theft on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, in Los Angeles. Lohan was charged with allegedly stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store in Venice, Calif. She entered a plea of not guilty.

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All eyes on Lindsay

Lohan, center, arrives at the Los Angeles Airport Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 9 to be arraigned on a felony grand theft charge. Her tight white dress came in for criticism as being inappropriate for court.

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Rehab until the new year

Actress Lindsay Lohan leaves court in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 22, after a probation hearing. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox ordered the 24-year-old troubled starlet back to rehab until Jan. 3, telling her she was an addict and faced jail time if she relapsed again.

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Going back to jail

Lohan arrives at the Beverly Hills Courthouse for a mandatory appearance in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The actress was sent back to jail after she failed a court-ordered drug test a few weeks after being released from a previous jail stint and subsequent stay in drug rehabilitation.

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Maxim exposure

Lohan is shown on the cover of Maxim magazine, on newsstands Aug. 10, 2010. The photo shoot took place on June 30, 2010, a week before she was sentenced to 90 days in jail for a probation violation.

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Orange glow

Lohan is shown in her prison mug shot at the Lynwood Correctional Facility in Lynwood, Calif., on July 20, 2010. The actress was released to a Los Angeles rehab facility after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentence.

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Last moments of freedom

Lohan sits in court upon her arrival to surrender and begin serving her 90-day jail sentence for a probation violation in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. "I don't know exactly how long the jail will keep her. I can only impose the sentence," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel said.

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Grand entrance

Lohan, right, walks through a cloud of confetti tossed from the sidelines as she arrives at the Beverly Hills Courthouse on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. The actress has been on probation since August 2007 after pleading guilty to misemeanor drug charges and no contest to three driving charges.

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Not a kind day in court

Lohan reacts beside her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley as Judge Marsha Revel rules that the actress had violated her probation on a 2007 drunken driving charge in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

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Something to hide

Lohan arrives at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on June 6, 2010. The actress sported a sparkly pantsuit in an effort to conceal a newly affixed alcohol monitoring device around her ankle.

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Look who showed up

Lohan, left, listens to her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley during a hearing in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday, May 24, 2010. The actress was back in court after missing a mandatory probation hearing in L.A. while partying in the south of France days earlier. Lohan had claimed her passport was stolen and the judge issued an arrest warrant for the actress, who later posted $100,000 bail.

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Doing the Cannes-Cannes

Lohan arrives for the Chopard 150th anniversary party during the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 17, 2010.

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Milking her fame

Lohan, top, arrives at the "Chanel Ready to Wear" show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 at Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday, March 9. On the same day, it was reported that Lohan filed a lawsuit against E*Trade for its commercial about a "milkaholic" baby she claims is named for her. She is seeking $100 million in damages and demands that the company stop airing the ad.

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Runway debut

Lohan, right, walks the runway with Spanish designer Estrella Archs at the end of her Spring/Summer 2010 collection for Emanuel Ungaro during Paris Fashion Week on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Lohan served as an adviser for the collection.

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Off the rack

Lohan checks out leggings from her 6126 line during Fashion's Night Out at Bloomingdale's 59th Street store in New York on Sept. 10, 2009.

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Businesswoman

Lorit Simon, creator of Sevin Nyne, and Lohan speak at the launch of Sevin Nyne By Lindsay Lohan at Sephora in Santa Monica, Calif., on April 30, 2009.

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Daddy issues

The Suffolk County Police arrested Michael Lohan in Central Islip, N.Y., on April 6, 2009, on a misdemeanor charge of aggravated harassment. Lindsay's father surrendered to prosecutors after he allegedly made a threatening phone call to his girlfriend.

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Material Girl too

"When I was little, every day after school I would come home and put in her 'The Immaculate Collection' disc and karaoke to it around the whole house," Lindsay Lohan said of her recreation of Madonna's 1984 MTV Video Music Awards "Like A Virgin" performance for Glamour's April 2009 Icons issue.

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Getting a leg up

Lindsay Lohan attends the launch of her legging collection "6126" at Henri Bendel on October 13, 2008 in New York.

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'Chapter 27'

Lindsay Lohan played Jude and Jared Leto, right, played Mark David Chapman in this 2008 film about the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.

Lohan arrives at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, June 1, 2008 in Los Angeles. The hottest thing about the event, though, was the smoldering remnants of a huge fire at Universal Studios nearby.

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Cannes do

Lohan attends the Dolce and Gabanna party at Baoli, Port Canto during the 61st International Cannes Film Festival on Friday, May 23, 2008 in Cannes, France.

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Not so ugly

Actress Lindsay Lohan attends the "Ugly Betty" in New York preview party at Highbar on September 15, 2008 in New York City.

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Things are getting 'Ugly'

Lohan stars with America Ferrera, left, during a taping of the season finale of ABC's "Ugly Betty." Lohan plays an old schoolmate of Ferrera’s character Betty Suarez.

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Film dishonor

Lohan is shown in a scene from "I Know Who Killed Me." She was named worst actress for the role and the film was named worst movie, during the 28th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, which dishonor worst achievements in film.

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Channeling Marilyn

Lohan poses as Marilyn Monroe on the cover of New York magazine's Feb. 25, 2008 issue. Clad in not much more than diamonds and sheer fabric, Lohan is pictured inside assuming the same poses Monroe did in her infamous "last sitting" for photographer Bert Stern 46 years ago.

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Making headlines in Italy

Lohan holds the Capri Global Award at the Capri Film Festival in southern Italy on Monday, Dec. 31, 2008. LiLo's acting skills were upstaged by tabloid reports that she had hooked up with three men in a 24-hour period during her visit.

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Under arrest

Lohan was booked for drunk driving and drug possession on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 in Santa Monica, Calif. Lohan was busted 11 days after completing an alcohol treatment program following her arrest in May for similar charges.

Lindsay Lohan co-starred with Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin in Robert Altman's "A Prairie Home Companion." Hollywood's new It girl has successfully made the jump from child star to adult actress.

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Baring it all

In a hotly debated Vanity Fair cover story, Lohan reportedly detailed some mild drug use and a battle with bulimia. She denied it, though the magazine stood by its story. But another cover story in Us Weekly detailed her eating woes and her friends' growing concern about her gaunt figure. A Miami hospital stay only added to the worries. Whether she's all better or still struggling with her health is an ongoing puzzle.

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All grown up

There was no question Lohan had moved past her "Freaky Friday" days by the end of 2005.

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Big debut

Lohan appeared in December 2005 on MTV's "Total Request Live" as her new album, "A Little More Personal," was released. But the real talk was about her ongoing health concerns and partying (she'd cancelled a "Regis" appearance the same day), along with her ever-thinner figure.

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A whole new Lindsay

Lohan stirred yet more talk with the new svelte look she unveiled post-"Herbie." With her blond hair and thin body, she seemed ready to join "The Simple Life" with Paris Hilton. Lohan initially explained her look by saying she learned to eat right and exercise, but a different story would soon emerge.

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Outgrowing Disney

Lohan's big role in 2005 was in yet another Disney remake, "Herbie: Fully Loaded." Rumors circulated that Lohan's breasts were digitally reduced to allievate parents' concerns that Lohan looked too mature, but Lohan and the studio denied it. Still, the message was clear: It was time to move into more mature roles.

Lohan stirred debate early in 2005 with her voluptuous body, which seemed to mature overnight. The actress insists that she has not had any plastic surgery.

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Paparazzi favorite

Lohan's reputation as a party girl put her into the media spotlight. During that time, she found time to date "That '70s Show's" Wilmer Valderrama.

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Getting mean

"Mean Girls" marked Lohan's first truly starring role. In the film, she plays an outcast who becomes part of an in-crowd and changes in the process. Amanda Seyfried, Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert play the other cool girls.

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Teen queen

As she entered her teen years, Lohan continued remaking Disney kid flicks. This time she took on Jodie Foster's role in a remake of "Freaky Friday." In the 2003 film, she and her mother, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, wake up one morning to find themselves in each other's bodies.

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Double trouble

For her first big-screen role, Lindsay Lohan recreated the Hayley Mills classic, "The Parent Trap." In the 1998 film, Lohan plays twins who try to bring their divorced parents (Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson) back together.